Thanks! the udev approach you indicated followed by reinstalling alsa-base and adjusting the volume via alsamixer worked for me.
On 11/30/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi gents, > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > Joe Corneli told: > > > Vincent: I would be interested to know if you ever resolved the issues > > you described at: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/08/msg00038.html > > > > because I am having the same problem now! > > > > "Error: Cannot open device alsa09." > > [...] > > The mentioned alsa device is provided by libao2. Since version 0.8.7 > there is no alsa09 device present. We have to use alsa vor the alsa > 0.9/1 API now. If you have libao (0.8.8-3) installed, the entry in > /etc/libao.conf should be correct. If you have a ~/.libao you might > delete it or do a "echo default_driver=alsa" > ~/.libao. > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > Vincent Lefevre told: > > > On 2007-11-29 01:25:39 -0600, Joe Corneli wrote: > > > Vincent: I would be interested to know if you ever resolved the issues > > > you described at: > > > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/08/msg00038.html > > > > > > because I am having the same problem now! > > > > > > "Error: Cannot open device alsa09." > > > > I was using OSS, and this is the alsaconf script that broke the > > sound system. See > > The alsaconf script doesn't break sound. It is just unusable for ppc > cards right now. You can try /etc/init.d/udev restart && udevtrigger > instead. If you want to use OSS you have to run dpkg-reconfigure > linux-sound-base and choose oss. The driver should be loaded via > /etc/modules. > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381658 > > > > There's also a bug in the Linux kernel: > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408746 > > If you have udev running and a kernel >= 2.6.18-rc? then udev should > load your snd_aoa flavour at G4 PB's. Note: do not mention any snd-* > module in /etc/modules and no user-snd-blacklists in > /etc/modprobe.d/. linux-sound-base has to be configured for alsa. > > Elimar > > > -- > Planung: > Ersatz des Zufalls durch den Irrtum. > -unknown- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]